About

Orin (aka Sleepmode)

I’m an Australian video game enthusiast with a particular love of fighting games and arcade-style tests of skill. This place is usually where you can find me writing about that, and sometimes other things. Older writings can be found on my Wordpress Blog, which is no longer in use because I hate QOL features being locked behind a paywall.
Links to my Twitter, Twitch and Youtube channels can all be found in the sidebar, as well as on my links page.

Fighting Games

I like to think of myself as a “fighting game knowledge seeker” – I love collecting lots of abstract knowledge about fighting games and relaying that knowledge to anyone with ears to hear it.

My main game is Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R. I’m a Venom player, as well as a commentator and more recently, tournament organiser, running the stream for the Oceanic region’s weekly netplay tournaments, Monday Night +RAW.

I have a handful of other games which my attention is also drawn to as a player, commentator and often both:
Advanced V.G.2: Chiho, Kyoko
DNF Duel: Spectre, Grappler
The King of Fighters XI: Oswald/Vanessa/K’
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3: Magneto/Doom/Dante

That said, never underestimate my limitless genre curiosity, or my extremely limited self-control. Here are a handful of other games that I’m almost always in the mood to play:
Capcom vs SNK 2: C-Cammy/Kim/Chun-Li
The King of Fighters XV: Angel/K’/Ash
Samurai Shodown: Yoshitora, Sogetsu
Virtua Fighter series: Sarah

Other Games I’m Into

I’m into lots of things, but the main games I like to play outside of fighting games are arcade racing games, light gun shooters and rhythm games. I also have a speedrun I need to actually work on.

Racing Games: I really only play arcade racing games, because I am eternally resentful of simulators and the constant desire for realistic physics and handling over going fast and looking really cool. I’m a huge fan of OutRun 2SP and PSX-era Ridge Racer, though I am also contractually obligated to play a fair bit of Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune as a fan of the genre.

Light Gun Shooters: My main focus is the PS2 version of Time Crisis II, though you can also find me playing other games in the Time Crisis series, as well as Point Blank and even Vampire Night on occasion.

Rhythm Games: My main game is DanceRush Stardom (find my premium sessions on my side channel!), but I’ve been getting into Sound Voltex pretty heavy – currently sitting at about Level 13 songs right now.

Speedruns: I’m currently developing a speedrun for a dinky action-platformer called Power Rangers Super Legends. Check out the SRC leaderboard here. Technically OutRun 2SP also falls into this category?